Hame-tug



(No Model.)

J. E. WEIGLEIN.

HAME TUG.

Patented Mar. 12, 1889.

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HAME-TUG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,458, dated March12, 1889.

Application filed December 15, 1888. Serial No. 293,745. (No model.)y

citizen ot' the l'nited States, residing' at (`in cinnati, in thecount)- ot Ilaniilton and State ol.' Ollio, have invented certain newand useful lniprovelnents in llaineflugs; and .l do declare thefollowingI to he a lull, clear, and exl leathern hacking7 soas toilmlosetlie `ereater act deseript ion ol the invention, referenceheine-had to the aeeoinpanvine' drawings, which forni a part olf thisspeeitieation.

)ly inlproved hameaug consists o a peculiarly-constructed plate,suitahlv coupled to a haine-clip and havingi a series ot' slots where-With a hook is adjustzxhly secured, said hook being` attached to thet'ront end ot' a trace, as hereinafter more [fully d eserihed, a n dpointed out in the claiins.

ln the annexed dra wines, lligure l is a front elevation ot' myhaine-tue: Fig: 2 is a rear elevation thereof. Fin'. 23 is alongitudinal section of the tug: Fig. l is a t'ront elevation, on areduced scale, of the tugl when properly attached to a harness, aportion ot the trace being broken away so as to expose the inanner ofsecuring` the skirt-strap to said tug".

Fig'. 5 is an enlarged longitudinal section other as they approach thehack ot the tug". (See Fig. T.)

L is a hook attached to the front end ol.l trace E, said hook heine'provided with a pair ol' lateral pins, VM M', i'or a purpose that willpresently appear.

N is a lez'xthern t'ront suitahlv si itehed to a portion ot" plate A.

l. is a st rap stitched to the shirt ll, and

havingY a. series olf holes, S, eitherot which can he engaged with thestump ll'. liurtherlnore. the lower end ot this strap has the belly-bandbuckled thereto. Atteithe tug" A has been incased within the tront- Nand hacking O it is connected to the haine-clip h v the strap j or othersuitable coupling, C, and then the showing` the trace-hook engaged withone ot' the slots of the tug. Fig'. (t is an elevation of said tug andits engaged hook. Fig. T is a transverse section ot' said tug, taken inthe plane of said hook.

A represents a lon narrow, flat plate, having at its front end a loop,B, to which attached a strap or other coupling, that connects said plateto a haine-clip. The cxtreme rear end ot' this plate takes the shape ot'a raised loop, D, under which is passed the tra-ce E, said loop beingunited to said plate by a pair ot side hars, l? F, and a central har, G,from which latter a short stump, Il, projects, as more clearly shown inFig. f5. Furthermore, the plate is concaved on its rear side, as at l,and is provided with a series of longitudinal slots, J, whose trent ends1^orn1nuni cate with transverse slots .T,thereh v Forming i T-shapedopenings on said plate.

l( K are flanges or stops located at` the i seen in Fig. t5,whiehtlanges Vreeedelroni each skirt R is attached to said tue hy engagingeither ot' the holes S ot strap P with the stump II, as seen in Fig. l.'lhe tront end ot' trace E is then passed under the loop l) and drawnforward as far as may he necessary, after which act the trace is bentalmost at a right angle to permit the pins )l M to he passed downthrough the slot J. The hook thus inserted until. it Comes in contact:with the hacking (i), as indicated. h v the dotted lines in Fig'. T, andthen sutiieient room is afforded for the pins M M to pass in behind thetianges K K. Said hook is then turned down to a horizontal position, soas to cause thetracc lil to rest flatly upon the front covering', N, inwhich normal position ot the various parts the hook pulls against therear endot' slot ,hwhile the pins M M prevent said hook working; out ofsaid slot. (Sec Figs. 5 and G.) More than this, the llianges K K Iserveas stops Alor the pins M M', and thus prevent the hook working` forwardand allowing` said pins to slip through the transverse slot J. It willthus be apparent that the stitlness ot' the tracepreserves the hook inits normal or engaged position, and prevents it becoming accidentallydetached trom the tug; but it can he readily uncoupled therefrom hysimply bending` the trace forward until said hook reaches such aposition as will enahle the pins M M to escape from the stops K K, andthen to traverse the I claim as my nventon-` In testimony whereof I afxmy signature in 1o l. The llame-tug A, having a series of T- presence 0Etwo Witnesses. shaped slots, J J and stops K K', in combination Wit-hthe trace-hook L, having pins H JOHN E. VEIGLEIN. M, for The purposedescribed.

2. As an improved article of nmnufneture, Vitllesses: the llame-tug A,having' a. raised loop, D, side J AMES H. LAYMAN, bars, F F,eenrer bar,G, stump H, slots J J', SAML. S. CARPENTER.

and stops K K', :ill as herein deserbed.

